I mean “looks at all of human history” Yeah, pretty much.

About the same coloration and size of our poochon.

Maybe netanyahu should have thought about that before he pushed them to take over from fatah. I mean he knew even back then what he was getting. This is what netanyahu wants. So while it would be awesome if Hamas and especially Israel stopped killing civilians. The onus is on Israel and netanyahu.

Marx is. Lenin who came along long after Marx was dead. Cobbled a bunch of authoritarian BS on top of it, often in outright contradiction. Isn’t in any significant fashion.

Lenin’s intent as misguided as it was. Was to create a system to develop Russia’s economy to the point they could adopt communism. But not without another revolution to overthrow the monster he made.

I don’t mind it being pointed out. It’s especially damning because of that. You would think that they had learned better. But as is often the problem with humankind. We don’t ever really learn. We just retaliate when given the chance.

When I say Israel that means government. When I say Israeli people. That means Israeli people. Like when people say America. Typically means American government. When they say American people. That typically means the American people. Is that clear? Hopefully that clears it up.

And to be 1000% clear. It is the Israeli government, specifically likud In the knesset that are the problem. Plenty of the Israeli people are aghast at their own government’s actions.

It doesn’t matter that they agree with me. The panel as a whole decided that it was likely genocide was taking place. It’s just especially damning when those from the home team have to reluctantly concur on a number of points.

Israel != Jews. Lots of Jews are calling out Israel for, to all outward appearances, committing genocide. One of Israelis own judges on the recent IJC hearing with South Africa concurred with South Africa on two points IIRC. Not to mention that Israel failed to make their case completely. So there’s that.

Marxist Leninist. You’ve been on Lemmy 8 months but not familiar with the term? Some people are lucky I guess.

The Soviet Union, current China, North Korea, etc are all based in Marxist linenist thinking. None of them are communist. Not in any significant sense. And they are all common places for this sort of narrative. Although in Russia you tend to fall out of a high window onto bullets or exotic sometimes radioactive poisoning… Each one has their own flare they use to take out people who speak up or don’t toe the party line. In China disappearing and then mysteriously resigning etc while still being disappeared is their chosen method.

Shady shit. Just ML things. People totally burn out, step down and go elsewhere for their health. But this sort of narrative only pops up in those supposed ML bastions of freedom etc. And we ONLY heard about this one because he was wealthy and visible. Thousands of others were very likely not as lucky.

So you think we should cancel aid to Israel. Got it.

100%. If Germany isn’t funding Israel, maybe we shouldn’t fund Israel either. Just putting that out there. Consistency is key.

Hey Israel still aidd and participates in terrorist activities and we still give them money. Let’s at least not have double standards.

Nice strawman. Can’t address what was said I see.

Nope, we enshrined it in the Constitution. It was bad enough when the Constitution didn’t talk about it specifically one way or the other. But when they added it officially. It was worse.

Citation needed. Bibi wasn’t begging for more arms. He had plenty. Granted this was 100% an unforced catastrophe on Biden’s part. But Biden couldn’t have stopped shit. Ask yourself why the house and senate aren’t up in arms over this. Or where your concern was the last 15 years where Israel quietly slaughtered far more Palestinians without media attention. Under multiple administrations. Almost like it’s not a Biden problem. But a general problem.

I dunno. I quite like Yahoo Serious. I still watch Young Einstein now and again. Where else are you going to watch someone defuse an atomic beer keg with a steam punk electric guitar.

Nope.

Not saying the lives of many haven’t improved. But outside the major cities/provinces. For many, little has changed. Definitely not for the better. Even as the party has enriched themselves. Building opulent terminals for high speed ghost rail lines etc.

Also a quick addendum. Me referring to you as being young and an experienced is not coming from a place of patronization. That you feel that it is probably speaks more to how apt it is than anything.

I don’t know you from Adam. That you might be young, enthusiastic yet the inexperienced. Is me simply trying to put the best construction on the situation. I would rather think that than that you are older and still ignorant. That is all.

The cop out is yours. As I said, I realize your awareness of politics doesn’t extend back much. Trump is no worse than Bush. (You know the guy that hurriedly evacuated the family of the man whom they funded and enabled to commit the worst terrorist attack in the United States history out of the country. When the attack happened.) Or bush’s father. Or Reagan. (You know, the guy who broke the unions sold weapons to Iran and violation of our own embargo. Funding terrorists and South America and all over the globe. Including that Osama guy that did that attack at the world trade center. Remember that? ) All the damage Trump accomplished was because of Republicans and their media apparatus that they’ve spent the last 60 to 70 years building. Trump is an embarrassing clown. But then so was Bush. Republicans, fascists are the real threat.

If you’re older than me, you should know better than this. But I doubt very much that you’re older than me. There are people in their 60s. Who do you use Lemmy but they are quite rare.